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Vladimir Mayakovsky: No gray hairs...

Vladimir Mayakovsky: No gray hairs...

No gray hairs streak my soul,
no grandfatherly fondness there!
I shake the world with the might of my...

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Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Though with judgment we on things reflect,
Our will determines, not our intellect.


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Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Everything I do,...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Everything I do,...

Everything I do, I do on the principle of Russian borscht. You can throw everything into it beets, carrots, cabbage,...

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Henry John Newbolt: He clapped the...

Henry John Newbolt: He clapped the...

He clapped the glass to his sightless eye,
And 'I'm damned if I see it', he said.


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Henry John Newbolt: Now the sunset...

Henry John Newbolt: Now the sunset...

Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song for ever
She's the...

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Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Time is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn.


Source:...

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Jenny Joseph: But now we...

Jenny Joseph: But now we...

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good...

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Andrew Marvell: Self-preservation, nature's first...

Andrew Marvell: Self-preservation, nature's first...

Self-preservation, nature's first great law,
All the creatures, except man, doth awe.


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Novalis: Christianity is the...

Novalis: Christianity is the...

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.

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Robert Frost: A poet never...

Robert Frost: A poet never...

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

Source: Quoted in...

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Michael Douglas: Never knew how...

Michael Douglas: Never knew how...

Never knew how poort I was until I started making money.

Source: Douglas to Charlie...

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Joseph Brodsky: The poetic notion...

Joseph Brodsky: The poetic notion...

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.

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Robert Browning: Genius has somewhat...

Robert Browning: Genius has somewhat...

Genius has somewhat of the infantine; But of the childish not a touch or taint.

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John Clare: If life had...

John Clare: If life had...

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

Source: Letter to a...

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Robert Herrick: It is the...

Robert Herrick: It is the...

It is the will that makes the action good or ill.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at...

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Thomas Moore: There is nothing...

Thomas Moore: There is nothing...

There is nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dreams.

Source: In Wisdom of...

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Thomas Moore: The world is...

Thomas Moore: The world is...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams...

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Edwin A Robinson: I shall have...

Edwin A Robinson: I shall have...

I shall have more to say when I am dead.

Source: John Brown.
-- Edwin A...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: A traveller without...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: A traveller without...

A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Martin Tupper: Reflection is a...

Martin Tupper: Reflection is a...

Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and...

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